Putting on a musical is a big production. No one knows that more that Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the Broadway hits “Hamilton” and “In the Heights.” During a 2018 press tour for his movie “Mary Poppins Returns,” Miranda shared…
When Harry Potter and the Cursed Child came out, two names were listed next to Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling's: Jack Thorne and John Tiffany. Thorne has written many plays and scripts before, which gave him the experience to…
Rob Letterman wrote the script for the movie "Shark Tale." At first, he was just a consultant for the movie, but eventually he rewrote the script. The process for writing for an animated movie is the same, but the production…
Author and writing teacher William Zinsser died in 2015, but his writing advice still lives on with many famous writers. Among the advice he gave writers was to get rid of clutter in writing, to write for yourself, and to…
When writing, it is never okay to use someone else’s words and say that they’re your words. This is called plagiarism. Schools have serious penalties against plagiarism, and writers for newspapers, TV shows, and websites can also get in trouble…
Writer Mike Bartlett discusses how he wrote his latest play, King Charles III, which mimics a Shakespeare play in style and form. The play’s characters are the modern British royal family, after Queen Elizabeth dies. Bartlett was nervous to write…